Sanctuary city leaders remain defiant as DOJ announces crackdown (VIDEO)

By Brian Seay

At a White House press briefing Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said sanctuary jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with federal law enforcement efforts will not be eligible for certain federal grants.
In his statement, Sessions described sanctuary cities as making America less safe by putting dangerous criminals back on the streets. He said jurisdictions will have to prove compliance with 8 U.S.C. Section 1373 as a condition for receiving Department of Justice grants.
“Failure to deport aliens who are convicted for criminal offenses puts whole communities at risk – especially immigrant communities in the very sanctuary jurisdictions that seek to protect the perpetrators,” said Sessions. “Countless Americans would be alive today – and countless loved ones would not be grieving today – if the policies of these sanctuary jurisdictions were ended.”
The attorney general pointed to the case of Kate Steinle as evidence for his office’s efforts. Steinle was shot and  killed by a Mexican national in San Francisco, a sanctuary city, in July 2015.
“The shooter, Francisco Sanchez, was an illegal immigrant who had already been deported five times and had seven felony convictions,” said Sessions. “Just eleven weeks before the shooting, San Francisco had released Sanchez from its custody, even though ICE had filed a

Source: Guns.com